NATURE-STUDY AND EXPRESSION 57 



We heard turkeys gobbling. 

 We saw a red-brick house. 

 We were at the farm. 



The people at the farm were very kind to us. 

 They came out to meet us. 

 They let us go everywhere. 

 I'hey let us see everything. 



We went first to the horse-barn. 



We saw each horse go into his stall. 



They were fine, large horses. 



They were black, white, and brown. 



Some of us liked the white one best. 



Some liked the big black one best. 



In each stall was a manger full of hay. 



We saw the horses fed and watered. 



We saw them hitched up for work. 



The man showed us how he kept the horses clean. 



He combed their hair with a curry-comb. 



One boy said : " I am glad my hair is not combed that way ! " 



The man showed us the hayloft full of hay. 



He showed us the oat-bin full of oats. 



Then we went to the cow-barn. 



The cows were out in the cow-yard. 



That was back of the barn. 



There were twenty-five cows in the yard. 



In the barn was a little black and white calf. 



It was only two days old. 



Its mother was in the yard. 



She kept calling it. 



It always answered her. 



" Moo ! Moo ! '' said the old cow. 



" Maa ! Maa ! " said the little calf. 



We wanted to stay and watch him. 



But there were many things to see, yet. 



We had to go on. 



We saw all the food for the cows. 



There was ground corn, and oats. 



There was plenty of hay and corn fodder. 



Corn fodder is the dry stalks and blades of corn. 



We saw the stalls where the cows were milked. 



They were not like the horses' stalls. 



